Brigid had seen more than one good-hearted person break themselves on the rocks of another person’s pain.
“If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can't know better until knowing better is useless.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“I can’t explain the look in her eyes, but it knows me better than I know myself. It wraps me up and warms me from the inside out. “Brave doesn’t mean you’re not scared, Starr,” she says. “It means you go on even though you’re scared. And you’re doing that.”
― The Hate U Give
― The Hate U Give
“Sometimes I don't get you,' I said.
She didn't even glance at me. She just smiled toward the television and said, 'You never get me. That's the whole point.”
― Looking for Alaska
She didn't even glance at me. She just smiled toward the television and said, 'You never get me. That's the whole point.”
― Looking for Alaska
“Leandro’s thesis was that after a particular point in a man’s life, his future is invariably in his past.”
― The Labyrinth of the Spirits
― The Labyrinth of the Spirits
“Leaving feels good and pure only when you leave something important, something that mattered to you. Pulling life out by the roots. But you can't do that until your life has grown roots.”
― Paper Towns
― Paper Towns
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